Author: Randy Figuracion

Consecrated Life

Pope Francis proclaimed 2015 a Year of Consecrate Life. It coincides with the 50thanniversary of the 2nd Vatican Council’s two important documents that pertain to

Letter from the Rector Major

TO MY SALESIAN CONFRERES AND THE SALESIAN FAMILY MINOR LETTER Protocol  15/0207                 GREETINGS                 My dear Salesian brothers SDB: receive my personal greetings, each one

Pains of a Prophet

Last May 23, 2015 Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated during the 1980-92 civil war in El Salvador, has been beatified. The ceremony was attended

Praying Hands

One of the most familiar drawings in the world is the “Praying Hands.” It was sketched by a great German artist Albrecht Dürer using ink

Love One Another

When Jhon Robert was growing up in Bantayan Island, he was told that his mother was working abroad. Any arriving vehicle would give him a

Extra Mile

Two of my cousins came to Cebu for a short vacation. It had been years since they returned. Work and family abroad have absorbed most

Gazing at the Poor King

           Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) just issued a pastoral message that opens 2015 as the